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Make no mistake: this ship is a survivor. Since it first sailed the seas in 1870, it has faced storms, war, neglect, and old age. Yet, incredibly, the ship still retains around 90% of the original hull fabric with which it first launched.

The Great Fire of London burned day and night for almost four days in 1666 until only a tiny fraction of the City remained. It came hot on the heels of the Great Plague and left the world's third largest city of the time a shadow of its former self. Was this God's judgment on wicked King Charles II?

The Empire Windrush wasn't the only ship to carry Caribbean passengers to the UK. Find out more about the vessels and people that helped to shape modern Britain

The so-called 'golden age' of piracy lasted for less than 50 years - but its history has shaped centuries of pirate stories and myths

From buried treasure to walking the plank, how much of what we think we know about pirates is really true?

No passenger ship has ever captured the public imagination like the Titanic. Amazing objects in the National Maritime Museum's collection reveal its infamous story

You've most probably heard the term ‘knots’ referring to the unit in which a ship’s speed is measured. Learn more about the origin of the term and how knots are measured.

He was certainly mercurial and brilliant, and quite possibly lustful and in the grip of dark and foreign powers. King Charles II was, however, one of the nation's most interesting and beguiling rulers.

Michael Collins is the third astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission. He remained in the Command Module as Edwin Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon surface in 1969

Are we alone in the Universe? Join this online adult course for an introduction to astrobiology and an exploration of how astronomers search for alien life